To promote the Hoops for Heart program in physical education, we looked at American Pop Artist Jim Dine's very approachable art to inspi...

The 4th graders painted an 18x24" paper abstractly. In the next class they cut their paintings into strips for weaving. We looked at Na...

The kids loved looking at Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. Inspired by that iconic landscape, they chose a dark background paper and...

We often make group murals for assemblies, holidays and other special events. Sometimes the kids paint giant backdrops for their individual...

The third graders love the whimsical attitude of the Art of Alexander Calder. We start the unit looking at Calder's constellation sculp...

In the Fall I set up a still life in the middle of the art room with apples, gourds and pumpkins which I use for Second through Sixth ...

PRIMARY COLOR COLLAGES These collages, made in Art Class, were inspired by the work of Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian. The first graders w...